Noteworthy Girl Scout Alums

Girl Scout alums include everyone from the woman next door to the best-known faces in the world.

Making the world a better place isn’t a job for just anyone! It calls for a strong sense of self and a willingness to take risks. Whether she’s an athlete, anchor, entrepreneur, or actor; a businessperson, philanthropist, or national leader who’s part of Troop Capitol Hill—or any other inspirational trailblazer!—chances are she got her start at Girl Scouts.

Read on for proud Girl Scout alums who have left their mark on a wide variety of industries as leaders and change-makers.

Academics
Sian Leah Beilock, President, Barnard College
Amy Gutmann, President, University of Pennsylvania
Kathleen McCartney, President, Smith College
Lynn Pasquerella, President, Mount Holyoke College
Christina Paxson, President, Brown University

Activists
Angela Davis
Melinda French Gates
Marian Wright Edelman
Dolores Huerta
Gloria Steinem
Danni Washington

Athletes
Haley Carter
Lynn Colella
Adeline Gray
Bethany Hamilton
Florence Griffith Joyner
Jackie Joyner-Kersee
Billie Jean King
Lisa Leslie
Tatyana McFadden
Alysia Montaño
Venus Williams

Actors, Producers & Directors
Uzo Aduba
Tyra Banks
Kristen Bell
Abigail Breslin
Sofia Coppola
Fran Drescher
Dakota Fanning
Carrie Fisher
Grace Kelly
Karlie Kloss
Keke Palmer
Gwyneth Paltrow
Debbie Reynolds
Tracee Ellis Ross
Reese Witherspoon

Writers
Rachel Cargle
Brittney Cooper
Sue Monk Kidd
Carmen Maria Machado
Sylvia Plath

Comedians
Lucille Ball
Ellen DeGeneres
Paige DeSorbo
Fortune Feimster
Amy Poehler
Amy Sedaris

Journalists
Maile Carpenter
Katie Couric
Jessica Cruel
Dylan Dreyer
Savannah Guthrie
Nikole Hannah-Jones
Jo Ling Kent
Gayle King
Lisa Ling
Natalie Morales
Robin Roberts
Barbara Walters
Judy Woodruff

Business Leaders
Mary Barra
Safra Catz
Christine Duffy
Marillyn Hewson
Marissa Mayer
Andi Owen
Ginni Rometty
Sheryl Sandberg
Kendra Scott
Jill Soltau
Martha Stewart
Susan Wojcicki

Chefs/Food Personalities
Carla Hall
Jessica Koslow
Katie Lee
Vallery Lomas
Samin Nosrat
Christina Tosi
Virginia Willis

Astronauts
Serena Auñón-Chancellor
Kayla Barron
Laurel Clark
Eileen Collins
Nancy J. Currie-Gregg
Jan Davis
Anna Fisher
Susan Helms
Joan Higginbotham
Kathryn P. Hire
Tamara Jernigan
Susan L. Kilrain
Christina Koch
Wendy B. Lawrence
Sandra H. Magnus
Nicole Aunapu Mann
K. Megan McArthur
Jessica Meir
Dorothy Metcalf-Lindenburger
Barbara R. Morgan
Lisa M. Nowak
Loral O’Hara
Kathleen Rubins
Margaret Rhea Seddon
Heidemarie Stefanyshyn-Piper
Kathryn Sullivan
Kathryn Thornton
Jessica Watkins
Mary Ellen Weber
Sunita Williams

National Leaders
Jill Biden, Former First Lady
Michelle Obama, Former First Lady
Laura Bush, Former First Lady
Hillary Clinton, Former Secretary of State, Senator, and First Lady
Marcia Fudge, Secretary of Housing and Urban Development
Nikki Haley, Former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations and Governor of South Carolina
Laura Kelly, Governor of Kansas
Michelle Lujan Grisham, Governor of New Mexico
Gina Raimondo, Secretary of Commerce
Kim Reynolds, Governor of Iowa
Condoleezza Rice, Former Secretary of State
Gretchen Whitmer, Governor of Michigan
Christine Wormuth, Secretary of the Army

Musicians
Mariah Carey
Kelly Clarkson
Sheryl Crow
Queen Latifah
Madonna
Natalie Merchant
Kacey Musgraves
Taylor Swift
Carrie Underwood
Dionne Warwick
Vanessa Williams

Scientists
Frances Arnold
Katy Croff Bell
Cynthia Breazeal
Mary (Missy) Cummings
Judith Curry
Sylvia Earle
Sandra Faber
Beverly Goodman
M Jackson
Terri Jump
Mary-Claire King
Lisa C. Klein
Caroline Klivans
Andrea Marshall
Marcia McNutt
Maureen E. Raymo
Sheila E. Widnall

Entrepreneurs
Katia Beauchamp
Pamela Bell
Rachel Blumenthal
Natasha Case
Alexandra Cavoulacos
Elizabeth Cutler
Sarah Kauss
Sallie Krawcheck
Sarah LaFleur
Melissa Mash
Carrie Morey
Brit Morin
Ashley Rouse
Monica Royer
Christina Funke Tegbe
Sarah Gibson Tuttle

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Noteworthy Alums

Noteworthy Girl Scout Alums

Girl Scout alums include everyone from the woman next door to the best-known faces in the world.

Read on for proud Girl Scout alums who have left their mark on a wide variety of industries as leaders and change-makers.